Seamanship: A Handbook for Oceanographers
by Blair, Carvel Hall
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0870332287
- ISBN 13
- 9780870332289
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, Maryland: Cornell Maritime Press, 1977. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition in dust jacket, with six additional guides in sleeve at rear of book (aids to navigation such as flag identification, buoys, waterway marking systems, etc.). Clean blue boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with drawings, diagrams, photographs. 227 pages with index. Dust jacket is not price clipped, has slightest hint of soiling, two short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. How to plan a trip, assess the craft used, interpret charts and tide and current tables, specify and assemble needed equipment, judge the weather, depart the dock, navigate safely to the site, deploy buoys, and more..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033702
- Title
- Seamanship: A Handbook for Oceanographers
- Author
- Blair, Carvel Hall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0870332287
- ISBN 13
- 9780870332289
- Publisher
- Cornell Maritime Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Maryland
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- seamanship, ocean navigation, oceanography, Carvel Hall Blair
- Bookseller catalogs
- oceans/marine Life; ships/sailing/shipwrecks;
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